A woman in a dark dress and an enormous Merry Widow hat stands on a building ledge, holding the hat's wide brim like a parachute above her head. Behind her are multi-story commercial buildings. The image is a comic postcard with a rhyming caption about avoiding a crowded elevator.
White border at bottom with printed caption; copyright 1908; halftone print.
No postmark and no stamp present. Divided-back 'Post Card' with stamp box reading 'United States and Canada, One Cent. Foreign, Two Cents.'; front carries 'Copyright 1908 by I. Grollman'. Handwritten message written in the correspondence space ('Florence ain't the swell postals', signed 'Matti Brown'); no street address or postmark to date the mailing.
Cite this card
Merry Widow hat parachute comic postcard, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/merry-widow-hat-parachute-comic-postcard-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.
